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Gerald A. B. Yiran

Gerald A. B. Yiran
Associate Professor
gyiran@ug.edu.gh

Education
2014 PhD (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana
2010 Diploma (Statistics), Ghana
2008 Mphil (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana
2004 Postgraduate Diploma (Geographic Information Systems), Germany
2000 Bsc (Geodetic Engineering), Ghana

 

Areas of specialisation
• Climate vulnerability/adaptation analysis
• Spatial analysis
• Urban studies
• Land degradation/Land use and land cover change
• Impact of land use change on Agriculture/food security
• Disaster studies

 

Current Research

  • 2021-2023: Climate Change Resilience in Urban Mobility
  • Multi-Scale Flood Monitoring and Assessment Services for West Africa (MIFMASS), GMES & Africa Support Programme
  • Land, water and energy (Under Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) Program).
  • Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: An Integrated Approach
  • An assessment of climate change and peri-urban/urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Tamale

 

Courses taught

  • Geog 702 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Geography.
  • Geog 604 Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.
  • Geog 603 Research Techniques
  • Geog 496 Disaster Risk Redn Policies & Strategies
  • Geog 344 Geographic Information Systems
  • Geog 327 Introduction to Remote sensing and GIS
  • Geog 326 Research Methods
  • Geog 321 Soils and Biogeography
  • Geog 214 Principles and Methods of Cartography

 

Affiliations

1. Country Coordinator (UG), Next Generation of Researchers (NGR-Africa)
2. Member, Ghana Geographical Association
3. Member, Ghana Environment Information Network Steering Committee
4. Member, ECOHEALTH
5. Member, Environment and Natural Resources Research Unit (ENRRU)
6. Fellow, Centre for Urban Management Studies

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles

  1. Quaye, A. K., Doe, E. K., Attua, E. M., Yiran, G., Arthur, A., Dogbatse, J. A., Konlan, S., Nkroma,  Y.D. & Addo, D. (2021). Geospatial distribution of soil organic carbon and soil pH  within the cocoa agroecological zones of Ghana. Geoderma, 386, 114921.
  2. Yiran, G. A. B. (2020). Urban sprawl and sustainability: A comparative Analysis of Accra and  Kumasi urban regions. Ghana Social Science Journal, 17(1), 11-30.
  3. Yiran, G. A. B., Ablo, A. D., & Asem, F. E. (2020). Urbanisation and domestic energy trends:  Analysis of household energy consumption patterns in relation to land-use change in  peri-urban Accra, Ghana. Land Use Policy, 99(online), 105047.      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105047
  4. Yiran, G.A.B., Ablo, A. D., Asem, F. E., & Owusu, G. (2020). Urban Sprawl in sub- Saharan  Africa: A review of the literature in selected countries. Ghaana Journal of Geography,  12(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v12i1.1
  5. Tankpa, V., Wang, L., Yiran, G.A.B., & Guo, X. (2019). Detecting and Predicting the  Impact of Urban Planning on Land Use/Land Cover Change in Ashi River  Watershed,  China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 28, 11: 7933-7944.
  6. Fuseini, I., Yaro, J.A. & Yiran, G.A.B. (2017). City profile: Tamale, Ghana. Cities, 60, 64–74.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.07.010.
  7. Yiran, G.A.B. & Stringer, L.C. (2017). Adaptation to Climatic Hazards in the Savannah  Ecosystem: Improving Adaptation Policy and Action. Environmental Management,  60:665–678. DOI 10.1007/s00267-017-0901-9.
  8. Yiran, G.A.B., Stringer, L.C., Attua, E.M., Evans, A.J., Challinor, A.J. & Gyasi, E.A.  (2017).  Spatial Mapping of Vulnerability of Multi-sector to Multi-hazards in the  Savanna  Ecosystem in Ghana. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 3:665–676.  doi:10.1007/s10113-016-1054-8
  9. Yiran, G.A.B. & Stringer, L.C. (2016). Spatio-temporal analyses of impacts of multiple  climatic hazards in a savannah ecosystem of Ghana. Climate Risk Management 14,  11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2016.09.003.
  10. Fynn, F.O., Yidana, S.M., Chegbeleh, L.P. & Yiran, G.B. (2016). Evaluating groundwater  recharge processes using stable isotope signatures—the Nabogo catchment of the  White Volta, Ghana. Arab J Geosci, 9:279. DOI 10.1007/s12517-015-2299-0.
  11. Kusimi, J.M., Yiran, G.A.B. & Attua, E.M. (2016). Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield  Modelling in  the Pra River Basin of Ghana using the Revised Universal Soil Loss  Equation (RUSLE).  Ghana Journal of Geography, 7, 2, 38–57
  12. Yiran, G-S.A., Teye, J.K. & Yiran, G.A.B. (2015). Accessibility and Utilisation of Maternal Health  Services by Migrant Female Head Porters in Accra. Journal of International Migration &  Integration 16:929–945. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-014-0372-2.
  13. Antwi, E.K., Boakye-Danquah, J., Asabere, S.B., Yiran, G.A.B., Loh, S.K., Awere, K.G.,  Abagale, F.K., Asubonteng, K.O., Attua, E.M. & Owusu, A.B. (2014). Land Use and  Landscape Structural Changes in the Ecoregions of Ghana. Journal of Disaster  Research, 9, 4: 452-467.
  14. Antwi, E.K., Otsuki, K., Saito, O., Obeng, F.B., Gyekye, K.A., Boakye-Danquah, J.,  Boafo, Y.A.,  Kusakari, Y., Yiran, G.A.B., Owusu, A.B., Asubonteng, K.O.,  Dzivenu, T., Avornyo,  V.K., Abagale, F.K., Jasaw, J.S., Lolig, V., Ganiyu, S.,  Donkoh, S.A., Yeboah, R.,  Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G., Gyasi, E.A., Minia, Z., Ayuk,  E.T., Matsuda, H., Ishikawa,  H., Ito, O. & Takeuchi, K. (2014). Developing a  Community-Based Resilience  Assessment Model with reference to Northern  Ghana. Journal of Integrated  Disaster Risk Management. IDRiM (2014), 4,  1:73-92.  DOI10.5595/idrim.2014.0066.
  15. Kenu, E., Ganu, V., Calys-Tagoe, B.N.L., Yiran, G.A.B., Lartey, M., & Adanu, R.  (2014).  Application of geographical information system (GIS) technology in the  control of  Buruli ulcer in Ghana. BMC Public Health 2014, 14, 724:1-9.
  16. Nyerere, J., Mfune, O., Fuh, D., Sulemana, N., Mutisya, E., Yiran, G., Fadairo, O.,  Ameyaw, J.  & Odingo, A.  (2014). The Role of Higher Education in Building a  Sustainable African  Society. African Journal of Sustainable Development. Special  Edition, 4, 3: 17-37.
  17. Odingo A., Fadairo, O., Ameyaw, J., Yiran, G., Mutisya, E., Mfune, O., Fuh, D., Nyerere,  J. &  Sulemana, N. (2014). Learning to Solve Africa's Problems by Africans: Innovations  for  Addressing the Canker of Corruption. African Journal of  Sustainable Development.  Special Edition, 4, 3: 105-133.
  18. Peprah, K., Yiran, G.B. & Barimah-Owusu, A. (2014). Land use trajectories, forest cover  change and consequential land degradation of the Asunafo forest, Ghana.  International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies, 3, 2:487-503.
  19. Kusimi, B.A., Kusimi J.M., & Yiran G.B., (2013). Socio-Economic and Environmental  Impacts of Mining within the Catchment of Mining Companies at Tarkwa. Ghana  Social Science Journal, 10, 1 & 2: 25-52.
  20. Yiran, G.A.B., Kusimi, J.M, & Kufogbe, S.K (2012). A Synthesis of Remote Sensing and Local  Knowledge Approaches in Assessing Land Degradation in the Bawku East District –  Ghana. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and  Geoinformation, 14,  1: 204–213.
  21. Kusimi J.M. & Yiran G.A.B. (2011). Local knowledge on detection and analysis of land  degradation in the Bakwu East Municipality. Ghana Journal of Geography, 3: 88-125.
  22. Yidana, S.M, Yiran, G.A.B., Sakyi, P.A., Nude, P.M. & Banoeng-Yakubo, B. (2011).  Groundwater Evolution in the Voltaian Basin, Ghana – An application of  multivariate  statistical analyses to hydrochemical data, Natural Science Journal, 3, 10: 837-854.
  23. Kufogbe, S.K., Jayson-Quashigah, P.N. and Yiran, G.B. (2010). Who wins the 2008  Ghana presidential elections? Options and lessons from exploring the 2000 and  2004 voting patterns in Greater Accra Region. Ghana Social Science Journal, 7, 2: 92- 118.

 

Book chapters

  1. Boafo, Y. A., Saito, O., Jasaw, G. S., Yiran, G.A.B., Lam, R. D., Mohan, G., &  Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G. (2020). Perceived Community Resilience to Floods  and Droughts Induced by Climate Change in Semi-arid Ghana Sustainability  Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I (pp. 191-219): Springer: Singapore
  2. Ablo, A. D., Asem, F.E., Yiran, G.A.B. & Owusu, G. (2020). Urban sprawl, land  use  change and changing rural agrarian livelihoods in peri-urban Accra, Ghana. In  F. Kapfudzaruwa, S. Kudo, K. Matsuyama, & D. I. Allasiw (Eds.), Rural-Urban  Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa: Case Studies from Africa.  Spears Media Press: DENVER, U.S.A.
  3.  Antwi, E.K., Mensah, R., Attua, E.M., Yiran, G., Boakye-Danquah, J., Ametepe, R. &  Boadi, D.A. (2018). Assessing Land and Ecosystem Management at the Local level  in  the Savanah Ecological Zone and the Implications for Sustainability. In: Strategies  for  Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan  Africa [Saito, O., Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G., Takeuchi, K. & Gyasi, E.A. (Eds)].  Springer Nature: Singapore.
  4. Sulemana, N., & Yiran, G.A.B. (2018). Urbanisation and Smallholder Livelihood  Security in Africa: A Case Study of Coping Strategies of Peri-urban Dwellers  in Tamale. In S. K. Farai Kapfudzaruwa, Orleans Mfune, Melissa Hansen &  Jackline & Nyerere (Eds.), Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable  Development in Africa. Spears Media Press: DENVER, U.S.A.
  5. Yiran, G.A.B. (2016). Mapping Social Capital for Adaptation to Climatic Variability in a  Savannah Ecosystem of Ghana. In: Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in  Rural West Africa [A. Yaro and J. Hesselberg (eds.)]. 215-237. Springer:  Switzerland.
  6. Gyasi, E.A., Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G., Fosu, M., Mensah, A.M., Yiran, G. & Fuseini, I.  (2014). Managing Threats and Opportunities of Urbanisation for Urban and Peri- urban Agriculture in Tamale, Ghana. In: The Security of Water, Food, Energy and  Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures  [Maheshwari, B., Purohit, R., Malano, H., Singh, V.P. & Amerasinghe, P. (eds.)]. 71: 87- 97. Springer: London & New York.
  7. Gyekye, K.A., Kusimi, J.M. & Yiran, G.A.B. (2013). Geomorphological Processes and  Landforms of the Coastal Environment. In: Selected Readings in Geography:  Essays in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the University of Ghana  [Owusu, G., Agyei-Mensah, S. & Attua, E.M. (eds.)]. Social Science series Vol. 2.  (pp.17-33). Woeli Publisers series: University of Ghana. Accra.
  8. Kufogbe, S.K., Owusu, A.B. & Yiran, G.A.B. (2013). The Map as a Tool for Explanations in  Geography. In: Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in commemoration of the  65th  anniversary of the University of Ghana [Owusu, G., Agyei-Mensah, S. &  Attua, E.M.  (eds.)]. Social Science series. Vol. 2. (pp. 34-48). Woeli Publisers series:  University of  Ghana. Accra. 
  9. Owusu, A.B., Kufogbe, S.K. & Yiran, G.A.B. (2013). Challenges in the design and  implementation of Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure for Urban Land Use Planning in  Ghana. In: Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in commemoration of the 65th  anniversary of the University of Ghana [Owusu, G., Agyei-Mensah, S. & Attua,  E.M. (eds.)]. Social Science series. Vol. 2. (pp.49-66). Woeli Publisers series:  University of Ghana. Accra.
  10. Yiran, G.A.B., Owusu, A.B. & Kufogbe, S.K. (2013). Understanding Field Techniques for  Geographic Data collection. In: Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in  commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the University of Ghana [Owusu, G.,  Agyei-Mensah, S. & Attua, E.M. (eds.)]. Social Science series. Vol. 2. (pp.248- 264). Woeli Publisers series: University of Ghana. Accra.

 

Technical publications

  1. Yiran, G.A.B. & Stringer, L.C. (2015). Adaptation to climatic hazards in the savannah  ecosystem: improving adaptation policy and action. SRI working paper No. 83: 1- 35. SRI Papers (Online) ISSN 1753-1330. http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/  sri/working-papers/
  2. Gyasi, E.A., Fosu, M., Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G., Mensah, A.M., Obeng, F., Yiran, G.A.B.  & Fuseini. I. (2014). Building Urban Resilience: Assessing Urban and Peri-urban  Agriculture in Tamale, Ghana. [Padgham, J. and J. Jabbour (eds.)]. United Nations  Environment Programme (UNEP). Nairobi: UNEP.
  3. Cook, S., Rubiano, J., Sullivan, C., Andah, W., Ashante, F., Wallace, J., Terrasson, I.,  Nikiema, A., Kemp-Benedict, E., Tourino, I. & Yiran, G.A.B. (2007). Water  Poverty Mapping in the Volta Basin: Looking for linkages between Water and  Poverty. A focal basin project workshop report, Accra, Ghana, 3-8 March, 2007.  Online at www.waterforfood.org.